Officially, MPs are slated to spend the day engaged in a final round of debate on Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s proposal to update Canada’s ocean protection laws, which is back from committee and awaiting third reading approval.

That is, at least, in theory and according to the projected order of business.

But as previewed in iPolitcs AM, there’s a good chance that regularly scheduled Commons programming may be delayed — or pre-empted entirely — by the Conservatives’ ongoing campaign to use procedural pressure tactics to bring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security advisor, Daniel Jean, before the House public safety committee to be questioned on his role in the so-called “Atwal affair.”

Regardless of the end result of the anticipated cross-aisle showdown, however, Liberal MP John Oliver will get his first chance to make the case for his private members’ motion that would, if adopted, have the House officially express its support for the principle of net neutrality, and call on the government to make it “a guiding principle” of the upcoming reviews of Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications laws “in order to explore opportunities to further enshrine in legislation the principles of neutrality in the provision and carriage of all telecommunications services.”

On the afternoon parliamentary agenda: Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr can expect to field queries from all sides of the Upper House chamber during the weekly Senate Ministerial Question Period.

ON & AROUND THE HILL

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather joins a coalition of “fertility experts, intended parents and surrogates” to urge the government to “decriminalize” payments to donors and surrogates, which, under the current law, can result in sentences of up to ten years in prison and fines of up to $500,000, which, according to Housefather and company, constitutes “a terrifying, discriminatory burden” on both “intended parents” and those seeking to help them “create a family.”

Also making the rounds on the Hill media circuit:

New Democrat MPs Alexandre Boulerice, Linda Duncan, Robert Aubin and Richard Cannings gather in the House Foyer to voice their “serious concerns” over how the government plans to review its proposed revamp of the environmental assessment process, which is currently in the queue for study by the House environment committee.

School of Public Policy researchers Kent Fellows and Robert Mansell reveal how a “inadequate infrastructure … is choking off Canada’s north,” as detailed in a new report that, as per the advisory, will offer a “deep dive” into the costs — to indigenous peoples and communities, territorial economies and Canada itself.

The Standing Committee On Human Resources, Skills And Social Development And The Status Of Persons With Disabilities releases the results of its investigation into “advancing inclusion and quality of life for seniors.”

OUTSIDE THE PRECINCT

Employment Minister Patty Hajdu teams up with Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains to host a one-day G7 mini-summit on “preparing for the jobs of the future,” which will get underway in Montreal later this morning.

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott starts her day with back-to-back events in Winnipeg, where she’ll reveal the details of new funding to expand the Ndinawe Youth Resource Centre expansion, which, according to the advisory, will be provided “in memory of Tina Fontaine,” as well as fresh federal “investments” to bolster “the reform of child welfare for Metis children.”

Later this evening, she’ll join Sen. Murray Sinclair and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett at a special screening of ‘Indian Horse’ at the Canadian Museum of History.